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BETO’s Bioenergy Data Workshop: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioenergy Data

BETO’s Bioenergy Data Workshop: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Bioenergy Data

April 12, 2021 |

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) just released the workshop summary report from the virtual event they hosted last summer that discussed how to collect and valorize underused bioenergy datasets and associated knowledge, with the goal of making this information public on existing databases.

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Nutrition & Materials Science: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to DSM

Nutrition & Materials Science: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to DSM

April 11, 2021 |

A positive outlook for 2021 is what DSM’s Co-CEOs predict in this investor presentation. Nutrition in particular was strong in 2020 with a strong late 2020 recovery for Materials. But what will 2021 bring for DSM? What were the big changes and progress in 2020? Find out now in this just released slide guide.

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Bioeconomy Project Evaluations: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Risk Management

Bioeconomy Project Evaluations: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Risk Management

April 8, 2021 |

Today, we look at how you can knock cost out of project finance through measuring and mitigating risk. Stephen Gorman of Commercial Insurance Associates shares the process of analyzing and evaluating new tech performance and bioeconomy projects to facilitate risk transfer and more.

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Deep Impact: DOE aims for $2.50 ultra-low carbon fuels in $61.4M funding announce: biofuels, RNG, bioproducts in the mix 

Deep Impact: DOE aims for $2.50 ultra-low carbon fuels in $61.4M funding announce: biofuels, RNG, bioproducts in the mix 

April 8, 2021 |

In Washington, The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $61.4 million for technologies that produce low-cost, low-carbon biofuels. Biofuels are derived from renewable resources, and can power heavy-duty vehicles that are difficult to electrify with current technologies—including airplanes and ships—to help accelerate America’s path to a net-zero emissions economy by 2050. The $2.50 per gallon […]

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Net Zero Drop-In Fuels: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

Net Zero Drop-In Fuels: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo

April 7, 2021 |

Low-carbon, drop-in fuels with a pathway to “net zero” is what Gevo is all about. Capturing renewable energy and transforming it into energy dense, liquid hydrocarbons that can be drop-in fuels is a game changer, especially with net zero GHG footprint. How they do it, the technology, current commercial operations and facilities, pipeline of projects, […]

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Transport Energy & Renewables in the EU – What the Latest Commission Data Tells Us

Transport Energy & Renewables in the EU – What the Latest Commission Data Tells Us

April 6, 2021 |

By James Cogan, Industry Analyst at Ethanol Europe Special to The Digest Demand for energy in transport rose 7% overall during the five years to 2020. Oil maintains an overwhelming grip on the sector with a steady 94% share. The rest is biofuels with 5.6% and renewable electricity with 0.6%. Three quarters of the extra […]

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Emissions, Mileage, New Data: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to EVs vs. ICE

Emissions, Mileage, New Data: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to EVs vs. ICE

April 6, 2021 |

Today, a special look at new hard data on EVs vs IC engines — what the recent Wall Street Journal review missed! It was an exclusive to the DigestConnect last week but here’s your chance to see the full slides on emissions, fuels, octane, mileage, performance, and results that will surprise you.

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Shell invests in LanzaJet, accelerating ATJ sustainable jet fuel as it hurtles towards commercial deployment

Shell invests in LanzaJet, accelerating ATJ sustainable jet fuel as it hurtles towards commercial deployment

April 6, 2021 |

From Illinois, news arrives that Shell has invested in LanzaJet, to scale the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel. Shell joins founding investors LanzaTech, Suncor Energy Inc., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and in recent months British Airways joined as an investor and  LJ has a n extensive collaboration in place also with All Nippon Airways. There […]

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The Extraordinary ReMaking of Ordinary Things, Part 2: Delta CleanTech aims for CO2 capture in service of oil & gas

The Extraordinary ReMaking of Ordinary Things, Part 2: Delta CleanTech aims for CO2 capture in service of oil & gas

April 5, 2021 |

Today, in part 2 of our series The Extraordinary remaking of Ordinary Things, let’s begin with a bit of news overlooked by the major news outlets last week, that Alberta-based Delta CleanTech acquired the CO2 capture and solvent reclaiming division and operating assets of HTC Extraction Systems and has focused its mission on CO2 capture […]

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Algae Oil, Lignin, Plastics, Waste: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Conventional Fuels from Unconventional Sources

Algae Oil, Lignin, Plastics, Waste: The Digest’s 2021 Multi-Slide Guide to Conventional Fuels from Unconventional Sources

April 5, 2021 |

Southwest Research Institute’s Eloy Flores, Assistant Director R&D in Chemical Engineering, shared this illuminating slide guide on SwRI’s work with alternative fuels technology and all steps from idea/concept, engine testing to pilot plant, scale up and transformation to the commercial plant.

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